‘Presidents' Day’ Category

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

Why Presidents’ Day?

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – The federal holiday officially listed as Washington’s Birthday, in 1971 was shifted to honor both President Lincoln (who was born on February 12th) and President Washington (who was born on February 22nd), resulting in the three-day break on the third weekend of every February. (more…)

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Posted in Presidents' Day, Election Reform, Why do we vote on Tuesday?, New York, Featured, Episodes | 2 Comments »

Why Tuesday? is an effort to make America’s democracy stronger through increased voter participation. We work to make election reform an issue that our politicians cannot afford to avoid.

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  • steve garfield: Great video.
  • mary adkins: just read in newspaper about why vote on tuesday i guess i never knew why just that we did. this needs...
  • Ron K of Illinois: The last 3 times that I voted, the polling place had changed. Since I live in a rural area near a...
  • Adam: Lauri, that’s why we need to modernize it. Orthodox Jews can still vote on Sunday and fundamentalist...
  • polar bear: is that smoke i see blowing? voting machines are susceptible to hacking. period. you can find groups...